The Changing Face of Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant in One Chart

• December 11, 2013
• 3 Comments

by UrbanTurf Staff

The patio at Wonderland in Columbia Heights. By yawper.

It is no secret that the demographic make-up of Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant has transformed over the past several years. But now there is a chart which shows just how much the population has changed.

The Urban Institute recently released a comprehensive look at how the make-up of the city has changed, which included a short case study (in the form of a chart) on the two neighborhoods above.

Here are the main takeaways:

• The percentage of white residents in the two neighborhoods jumped from about 13 percent in 2000 to about 31 percent in 2010.
• The percentage of black residents fell from about 53 percent to 37 percent.
• The number of residents with children dropped from 22 percent in 2000 to 15 percent in 2010.

The study has a number of other interesting examples about how the city has changed in recent year, including a map of the millenial invasion. Check it out here.

This article originally published at http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/the_changing_face_of_columbia_heights_and_mount_pleasant_in_one_chart/7916

3 Comments

1. Juanita de Talmas said at 7:00 pm on Wednesday December 11, 2013:
   Much healthier for no one race/ethnicity to dominate, as opposed to one group being over half the population. That is true diversity.

1. anonymous said at 9:02 pm on Friday December 13, 2013:
   this sounds more like the early signs of gentrification than diversity.

1. Takki Park said at 10:22 pm on Saturday December 14, 2013:
   Much of the U.S., let alone the world, is dominated by one race/ethnicity. Is it "healthy"? Not necessarily in all cases, but clearly it happens and works for many societies. Many people love homogeneity. In DC, hopefully a healthy diversity can be established without displacing or removing existing communities.